I can't think of a reason as to why you'd want to create a hidden volume in VeraCrypt. It says because "you may be asked to hand the information," but why would I need to hand it over? Nobody has any ...

A recent discussion on another website prompted a proclamation that storing (TrueCrypt, LUKS, DMG, etc) on cloud sync services like Dropbox is unsafe, since a version history is kept of each file, and ...

I want to fully encrypt a disk on Windows 7, but I don't trust Bitlocker and Truecrypt has announced it is not safe (also many rumours about NSA being able to decrypt it and it's better to avoid it).
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I deleted a 2GB directory and sub-directories/data files from a TrueCrypt container mounted as a Drive Letter. The directory and sub-directories/data files was larger than the recycle bin so it was ...

TrueCrypt retired with a mysterious "Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues" (source)
Yesterday Slashdot reported VeraCrypt as a better replacement (source) since it ...

I want to send a Truecrypt volume through email. Of course, I need to password protect it, and the recipient needs to know the password too. A Diffie-Hellman public key exchange would seem to be the ...

I have a Truecrypted, airgapped (no internet connectivity at all) laptop that I use as a completely secure computer for sensitive files.
I want to add images from my iPhone (I know), camera or other ...

I am running windows 7 prof on a SSD (mSATA). My CPU i7-3610QM has AES-NI-support. I want to encrypt my SSD with truecrypt with AES. But I am really unsure if this is a good idea because of (a) the ...

A couple of months ago, on my pc with Windows 7, i installed truecrypt and created a decoy system and a hidden os.
I stored some really important documents and files on my hidden os that now i need ...

In light of the current fiasco surrounding TrueCrypt, I have received considerable criticism from current clients and peers in the IT industry for my continued support of the open-source model. Such ...

I don't trust BitLocker. Probably backdoored and relies on TPM which can be hacked according to DEFON. It also does not allow for hidden partitions or other advantages like TrueCrypt.
With TrueCrypt ...

TrueCrypt offers the ability to have a hidden volume. What should go in the outer volume that would be revealed to an adversary? It's actually pretty tricky: you'd have to convince the adversary it ...

When preparing to encrypt an entire partition, is it better to rely on "native" whole-disk encryption (eg following this tutorial), or an external tool like TrueCrypt?
The wikipedia article comparing ...

For my studies, I am required to do an investigation on a fictional criminal VMWare image. The image is suspected of participating in DDoS attacks and other illegal activities. On this PC TrueCrypt is ...

If I choose the paranoia option for EncFS and for TrueCrypt I create containers using the encryption algorithm AES-Twofish-Serpent and the Hash Algorithm Whirlpool. Are both methods equally secure, ...

If I change the extension of a Keepass database (i.e. change the .kdbx to something like .txt), Keepass is still able to open it. Is this an effective way for hiding the databases from an adversary?! ...

So here's the situation: I have a Skydrive folder that is shared with all of my colleagues at work. For added security we would like to encrypt our Skydrives with TrueCrypt. But what will happen when ...

I have a truecrypt container who's main password is 20+ characters long. I don't know if the keyfiles are still necessary for further improving the security. But anyway, I have folder of some .jpeg ...

Long story short:
Got 1 TB HDD. Created one fullsized (non-system-)partition on that. Encrypt via TC. One time, via boot, Win presumably formats that (and maybe writes some bytes on it).
I manage to ...

Assume one day you receive the following error from TrueCrypt:
is that a reason to worry that someone may have removed the disk (in my case disk 0) and used it offline and then put it back into the ...

On my old computer I used Truecrypt full disk encryption. My old computer however was running Windows 7 with a standard MBR partition scheme. I recently got a new laptop with the fancy UEFI support. ...